So this tab's a bit hard to write out exactly where the chords change. But it basically
follows the same [Em] - [Am] - [Em] format for the verses and if you listen to the song you'll
be able to hear them. For better understanding I put the parts where it stays on Em
(where the chord continues) in brackets just so people know I wasn't leaving out a spot
there. I figured it out on piano and haven't played it on guitar but I would think it
would transpose pretty much the same, let me know any suggestions.
Verse 1
[Em]
My old man is a bad man but
I can't deny the way he holds my hand
[Am] [Em]
And he grabs me, he has me by my heart
He doesn't mind I have a Las Vegas past
[Am]
He doesn't mind I have an LA crass way about me
[Em]
He loves me with every beat of his cocaine heart
([Em])
Swimming pool glimmering darling
White bikini off with my red nail polish
[Am]
Watch me in the swimming pool bright blue ripples
[Em]
You sit sippin' on your black Cristal, yeah
Pre-Chorus
([Em])
Light of my life, fire of my loins
Be a good baby, do what I want
[Am]
Light of my life, fire of my loins
[Em]
Give me them gold coins, gimme them coins
Chorus
([Em])
And I'm off to the races, cases
of Bacardi chasers, chasin' me all over town
[Am]
Cuz he knows I'm wasted, facing
Time again on Riker's Island and I won't get out
[D]
Because I'm crazy, baby I need you to come here and save me
[C]
I'm your little scarlet, starlet singing in the garden
Kiss me on my open mouth
[Em]
Ready for you
Verse 2
([Em])
My old man is a tough man but
He got a soul as sweet as blood red jam
[Am]
And he shows me, he knows me
[Em]
Every inch of my tar black soul
He doesn't mind I have a flat broke down life
[Am]
In fact he says he thinks it's why he might like about me
[Em]
Admires me, the way I roll like a Rolling Stone
([Em])
Likes to watch me in the glass room bathroom, Chateau Marmont
Slippin' on my red dress, puttin' on my makeup
[Am] [Em]
Glass room perfume Cognac lilac fume
Says it feels like heaven to him
Pre-Chorus
([Em])
Light of his life, fire of his loins
Keep me forever, tell me you own me
[Am]
Light of your life, fire of your loins
[Em]
Tell me you own me, gimme them coins
Chorus
([Em])
And I'm off to the races, cases
of Bacardi chasers, chasin' me all over town
[Am]
Cuz he knows I'm wasted, facing
Time again on Riker's Island and I won't get out
[D]
Because I'm crazy, baby I need you to come here and save me
[C]
I'm your little scarlet, starlet singing in the garden
Kiss me on my open mouth
Verse 3
[Em]
Now I'm off to the races, laces
Leather on my waist is tight and I am fallin' down
[Am]
I can see your face is shameless, Cipriani's basement
Love you but I'm going down
[D]
God I'm so crazy, baby, I'm sorry that I'm misbehaving
[C]
I'm your little harlot, starlet, Queen of Coney Island
Raising hell all over town
[Em]
Sorry 'bout it
Chorus
[Am] [Em]
My old man is a thief and I'm gonna stay and pray with him 'til the end
[D] [Am]
But I trust in the decision of the lord to watch over us
Take him when he may, if he may
[Em] [D]
I'm not afraid to say that I'd die without him
[Am]
Who else is gonna put up with me this way?
I need you, I breathe you, I never leave you
[Em] [D]
They would rue the day I was alone without you
[Am]
You're lying with your gold chain on, cigar hanging from your lips
[Em] [D]
I said "Hon' you never looked so beautiful as you do now, my man."
Outro
[Em]
And we're off to the races, places
Ready, set the gate is down and now we're goin' in
[Am]
to Las Vegas pay us, Casino Oasis, honey it is time to spin
[D]
Boy you're so crazy, baby, I love you forever not maybe
[C] [Em] [Am] [D]
You are my one true love, you are my one true love
[C]
You are my one true love
[Em] [Am] [D] [C]
